Element record MCC2662 - Roman cremation burial, 26 West Lodge Road, Colchester
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TL 9849 2476 (point) |
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Map sheet | TL92SE |
Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
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Full Description
A small evaluation trench (6.5 x 1.5m in area) on a plot to the south of 26 West Lodge Road revealed a Roman cremation burial F3, probably of 1st century AD date. The top of the grave (0.4-0.5m below ground surface) had been disturbed by past activity, leaving only the lowest 20cm intact. This consisted of an oval pit with a centrally placed pot (coarse grey ware jar), within which was found a quantity of cremated bone (a total of 0.718kg of cremated human and bird or small mammal bone from inside the vessel) and a broken clay lamp (almost complete picture lamp of Loeschcke’s Type I).<1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC643 Evaluation Report: Colchester Archaeological Trust Ltd.. 2000. Evaluation at 26 West Lodge Road. CAT rep80. CAT Report 80.
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Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
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Record last edited
Jan 27 2017 8:13AM